darklordoftech
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« on: August 08, 2021, 09:45:10 PM » |
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- Cheney was from a safe state and wasn’t charismatic. If Gore won Florida and therefore the election, Cheney would be seen the way Tim Kaine has been seen since election night 2016.
- Many feared that Bush was theocratic. Bush opposed hate crime laws for hate crimes against gay people.
- Bush’s DUI hurt him.
- Bush lacked foreign policy experience.
- Cheney had supported Apartheid South Africa.
- Cheney had been CEO of Halliburton (an obvious conflict of interest).
- Bush’s record as Governor was too right-wing for some people’s liking.
- The economy was good, the budget was balanced, and there were no wars, so why change things?
- Elderly voters who remembered the Great Depression.
- Lieberman helped with Jewish and Cuban voters.
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